Contacts storage taking up a lot of battery since some update in March or April.

[ShreySh]

Currently running oneui 7. Looks like it's a wide spread issue. Can't upload screenshot here as I don't know how to do it. Please someone help or Samsung, push an update to rectify this..

[RedDogRabbit]

Contacts storage doesn't even register on my S25 Ultra One UI V7.0. 

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[ShreySh]

This is the screenshot

[RedDogRabbit]

That is crazy high! 

If you haven't already, I would definitely Boot into Recovery & Wipe Cache. 

I would also go to Settings > Apps & Search for Contacts > Click on it & Scroll down to Storage for Contacts & Clear the Cache there as well & Reboot.

See if that fixes the issue for you? 

[ShreySh]

Already done all of it

[RedDogRabbit]

Are your Contacts synced to Google, Samsung, SIM or Phone?

Mine are synced with Google. 

[ShreySh]

Synced to Samsung. But it has always been like this from before, I'm telling note 3, note 8, note 10+, Fold 3 and now Fold 6..

[RedDogRabbit]

Well, maybe something has changed syncing with Samsung.. I've always synced my Contacts with Google. 

Switch to Google & see if the issue is resolved. 

[ShreySh]

Yes, I have already stopped syncing to Samsung since then, and this is still happening

[RedDogRabbit]

Are you using Dual WhatsApp by any chance? 

It's been reported that Dual WhatsApp causes high battery usage with Contacts Storage.

This is likely the fault of WhatsApp constantly refreshing the data for your Contacts. 

You could try setting WhatsApp to Restricted in Settings > Apps > WhatsApp > Battery